Tear-off ticket holder



June 5, 1934. E. a. WILLIAMS PEAR-OFF TICKET HOLDER Filed Jan. 6, 1930PLEASE PA I CA SH/ER FIGS FIG.4.

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Patented June 5, 1934 PATENT OFFICE TEAR-OFF TICKET HOLDER Edmond-BryanWilliams, St. Louis, Mo.

Application January 6, 1930, Serial No. 418,884

3 Claims;

invention relates to a device for holding paper tickets andfor tearingor cutting a ticket off at anydesired distance from either end. It

provides a means foraccurately detaching tickets from the stub at anydistance from the end asmay be required to show, for instance, amountofpurchase, er -time of day, or location, or destination that may beprinted on the tickets, depending upon the use. The invention alsoprovides means for pushing back the torn off ticket stubs so that theydo not obscure the remaining tickets or foul the tearing edge.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is the exterior view of an embodimentof the assembled Idevice; Figures 2, 3, 4 and show several embodimentsof the member pressing the tickets against the guiding frame.

Referring to Figure 1, l is a pad of tickets preferably attached to asubstantially rigid and flat 9 support 2, made, for instance, of heavycardboard or wood; however, this support 2 is not essential and may beomitted if the pad 1 is sufficiently rigid; in this specification and inthe claims pad means tickets together with the support, if the latter isprovided. In Fig. 1 the tickets are shown as attached to the support 2by a peg 3 fitting in a hole punched through the tickets. The pad isadapted to slide back and forth along the flat bottom of a supportingframe 4, in the direction of arrows 5 and 6, being guided in this motionby the edges 7 of the frame 4; thus the pad has a translatory motionwith respect to the frame 4; the pad is pressed against the frame 4 by apressing member consisting of a part 8 acted upon by a spring 9, or anyequivalent elastic means; part 8 is hinged to the frame 4 at 10 and to apart 11 at 12. This part 11 presses the pad against the frame 4 alongtwo edges; tearing edge 13 and clearing edge 14. Figure 5 shows thedetails of the edge-possessing part 11 of Figure 1.

The operation is as follows: The pressing member with its edges 13 and14 is lifted off the guiding frame 4 by compressing the spring 9; a pad,

.-with or without support, 2, is inserted into the guiding frame 4, andthe pressing member re-- leased; the pad is then held firmly in theguiding frame 4, but can be moved back and forth in the direction of thearrows 5 and 6 by exerting a slight pull in the desired direction. Thedevice can now conveniently be held in one hand and a ticket tornagainst the tearing edge by the other hand. If in Figure 1 a ticket istorn off along a line, say, between numerals and 50, and

;.it is desired to tear off the next ticket along a line between somelower numerals, say, between numerals 30 and 40, which are-covered bythe stub of the first ticket, it is first necessaryto'remove this stubout of the way. The operation'ofclear ingthis stub from the face-of thepad isperform'ed bythe clearingedge=l4L To clear the'stub the pad ismoved in" the direction of the-arrow 5until theline-40--50 passes theclearing edge 14; the pad is then moved-in the direction of the arrow6--until the line 30-40 lies along the tearing edge 13; during thisreturn motion of the pad the clearing edge 14 will cause the stub 40-50to curl along the inner surface of the part 8, thus clearing the line3040.

In the embodiment of Figure 2, the functions of the hinged part 11 areaccomplished by two preferably flexible strips 15 and 16 fastened to thepart 8 by rivets 17, or by welding. In the embodiment of Figure 3, thepart 8 itself is provided with a tearing edge 13, while the clearingedge 14 is provided on a separate strip 18 attached to 8. In theembodiment of Figure 4, the clearing edge 14 is integral with part 8,and the tearing edge 13 is on a separate strip 19 and attached to 8.

It will be clear that various changes may be made in the disclosurewithout departing from the spirit of this invention, and it is,therefore, to be understood that this invention is not to be limited tothe specific details here shown and described.

What I claim is:

1. In a holder adapted for retaining a pad of coupon tickets forissuance thereof, and for clearing the stub portions of issued tickets,a onepiece base of relatively rigid sheet metal, the sides of the basebeing bent upwardly over the greater part of the length of the base toform lateral flanges resulting in a trough-like hollow structure, theends of the trough structure being open and unobstructed to permitmanual access to both ends of a pad of tickets, and to permit freeendwise movement of such pad with respect to the trough structure, anendwise movable slide in said base, means carried by the slide forsecuring a pad of tickets thereto, the lateral flanges of the base beingextended upwardly at one end of the base to form pivot trunnions, a hoodstructure having an outer open end, and provided with downwardlyextended flanges, laterally and exteriorly overlying the said trunnions,a pivot pin extending through the hood flanges and trunnions, a torsionspring carried by the pivot pin, within the hood, and disposed forurging the hood about the pivot toward said base, the inner end of thehood being curved downwardly and edgewise presented to a pad of ticketscarried by the said slide and base, and a tearing and clearing memberrockably pivoted to the innermost edge of the hood.

2. In a holder adapted for retaining a pad of coupon tickets forissuance thereof, and for clearing the stub portions of issued tickets,a one-piece base of relatively rigid sheet metal, the sides of the basebeing bent upwardly over a substantial part of the lengthoi the base toform lateral flanges resulting in a trough-like hollow structure, theends of the trough structure being unobstructed to permit manual accessto both ends of a pad of tickets, and to permit free sliding movement ofsuch pad with respect to the trough structure, the lateral base flangesbeing extended upwardly near one end of the base to form pivottrunnions, a hood structure provided with downturned lateral flanges,near one end of the hood, the flanges being pivoted to said trunnions, a

spring within the hood engaging portions of the hood and base, anddisposed so as to urge the hood about its pivot toward the base, theinner end of the hood being bent downwardly and edge wise presented to apad of tickets carried by the base, and a tearing and clearing memberrockably pivoted to the innermost edge of the hood.

3. In a holder adapted for retaining a pad of coupon tickets forissuance thereof, and for clearing the stub portions of issued tickets,a onepiece base of relatively rigid sheet metal, the sides of the basebeing bent upwardly over a substantial part of the length of the base toform lateral flanges resulting in a trough-like hollow structure, theends of the trough structure being unobstructed to permit manual accessto both ends of a pad of tickets, and to permit free sliding movement ofsuch pad with respect to the trough structure, the lateral base flangesbeing extended upwardly near one end of the base to form pivottrunnions, a hood structure of substantially L shaped longitudinalsection, provided with downturned lateral flanges, near one end of thehood, the flanges being pivoted to said trunnions, a spring within thehood engaging portions of the hood and base, and disposed so as to urgethe hood about its pivot toward the base, the inner end of the hoodbeing bent downwardly and edgewise presented to a pad of tickets carriedby the base, and a tearing and clearing member rockably pivoted to theinnermost edge of the hood, said member being provided with a pair oftearing and clearing edges, one thereof presented rearwardly beneath thehood for clearing stub portions of issued tickets, and the other edgepresented forwardly and exteriorly of the hood for the severance of thebody of a ticket.

E. BRYAN WILLIAMS.

